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A brief history of intelligence [sound recording] : evolution, AI, and the five breakthroughs that made our brains / by Bennett, Max Solomonauthor.; Newbern, George,1964-1402944(CARDINAL)347552;
Read by George Newbern.Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five "breakthroughs" in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow.
Subjects: Audiobooks; Artificial intelligence; Brain; Computational neuroscience; Human evolution;
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A brief history of intelligence : evolution, AI, and the five breakthroughs that made our brains / by Bennett, Max S.(Max Solomon),author.(CARDINAL)878923;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-399) and index.The basics of human brain anatomy -- Our evolutionary lineage -- Introduction -- The world before brains -- Breakthrough #1: Steering and the first bilaterians. The birth of good and bad -- The origin of emotion -- Associating, predicting, and the dawn of learning -- Breakthrough #2: Reinforcing and the first vertebrates. The Cambrian explosion -- The evolution of temporal difference learning -- The problems of pattern recognition -- Why life got curious -- The first model of the world -- Breakthrough #3: Simulating and the first mammals. The neural dark ages -- Generative models and the neocortical mystery -- Mice in the imaginarium -- Model-based reinforcement learning -- The secret to dishwashing robots -- Breakthrough #4: Mentalizing and the first primates. The arms race for political savvy -- How to model other minds -- Monkey hammers and self-driving cars -- Why rats can't go grocery shopping -- Breakthrough #5: Speaking and the first humans. The search for human uniqueness -- Language in the brain -- The perfect storm -- ChatGPT and the window into the mind -- Conclusion: The sixth breakthrough."In the last decade, the science of understanding the human brain and replicating its most complicated processes through artificial intelligence has grown exponentially. Intricate neurological functions ranging from writing poetry to crafting original articles, arenas that had long been thought of as science fiction, have become our reality. And yet, large gaps remain in what AI can achieve-gaps that, as pioneering artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett argues compellingly, exist because there is still too much we don't understand about our own brains. Finding these answers requires diving into the long billion-year history of how animal brains emerged from matter; a history filled with countless half-starts, calamities, opportunities, and clever innovations. Not only do our brains have a story to tell-in fact the future of AI depends on it. Now, in A Brief History of Brains, Bennett bridges the gap between neuroscience and AI to tell the brain's evolutionary story, while demonstrating how understanding that story will shape the next generation of great AI breakthroughs. Deploying fresh perspective and lively storytelling, Bennett sheds long overdue light on evolutionary neuroscience, a historically small scientific field that holds the keys to the biggest secrets in AI. Working with support from many of the top minds in the field, Bennett consolidates four billion years into an approachable new model, identifying the Five Breakthroughs that mark the brain's most important evolutionary leaps. As we go back further in time, brains get much simpler and behavior gets much simpler, making it easier to understand these ancient brains and the complexity that emerges at each subsequent iteration. As each breakthrough brings new insight to the biggest mysteries of human development, it also contains fascinating corollaries to developments in AI, showing where our technological skill has matched the brain's evolution and where the missing links continue to hold us back. Indeed, until we understand and embrace every part of our brain's journey, parts of AI-including ones that we need to grow and evolve-will remain elusive. Endorsed and lauded by the brightest and best neuroscientists in the field today, Bennett's work synthesizes the most relevant scientific knowledge and cutting-edge research to create an easy-to-understand and riveting evolutionary story. With sweeping scope and stunning insights, A Brief History of Brains proves that understanding the arc of our brain's history can unlock the tools for successfully navigating our technological future."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Computational neuroscience.; Artificial intelligence.; Brain; Human evolution.;
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World wide mind : the coming integration of humanity, machines and the internet / by Chorost, Michael.(CARDINAL)470837;
MARCIVE 4/04/11Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.Prologue: A dead Blackberry - The push-pull dynamic of evolution -- What does it mean to "read a mind"? -- The physics of the mind -- The most intimate interface -- Your brain is more complex than a galaxy -- The most disconnected man in the world -- Breaking the internet addiction -- The counterclockwise mouse -- The most connected man in the world -- The future of individuality -- How could the world wide mind become self-aware? -- Childhood's beginning.
Subjects: Computational neuroscience.; Brain mapping; Interpersonal communication; Thought and thinking.; Telepathy.; Internet.;
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The future of the mind [sound recording] : the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind / by Kaku, Michio,author.(CARDINAL)164337; Chin, Feodor,narrator.;
Read by Feodor Chin.A survey of current research into the human mind reveals how top international laboratories have innovated unique technologies for recording profound mental capabilities and enabling controversial opportunities in the field of cognition enhancement.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Brain-computer interfaces.; Brain; Cognitive neuroscience.; Mind and body; Neuropsychology.;
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The future of the mind : the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind / by Kaku, Michio,author.(CARDINAL)164337;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-356) and index.Book I: The mind and consciousness. Unlocking the mind ; Consciousness: a physicist's viewpoint -- Book II: Mind over matter. Telepathy: a penny for your thoughts ; Telekinesis: mind controlling matter ; Memories and thoughts made to order ; Einstein's brain and enhancing our intelligence -- Book III: Altered consciousness. In your dreams ; Can the mind be controlled? ; Altered states of consciousness ; The artificial mind and silicon consciousness ; Reverse engineering the brain ; The future: mind beyond matter ; The mind as pure energy ; The alien mind ; Concluding remarks.A survey of current research into the human mind reveals how top international laboratories have innovated unique technologies for recording profound mental capabilities and enabling controversial opportunities in the field of cognition enhancement.
Subjects: Brain-computer interfaces.; Brain; Cognitive neuroscience.; Mind and body; Neuropsychology.;
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Beyond boundaries : the new neuroscience of connecting brains with machines--and how it will change our lives / by Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.(CARDINAL)654945;
MARCIVE 5/02/11Includes bibliographical references and index.What is thinking? -- Brainstorm chasers -- The simulated body -- Listening to the cerebral symphony -- How rats escape from cats -- Freeing aurora's brain -- Self control -- A mind's voyage around the real world -- The man whose body was a plane -- Shaping and sharing minds -- The monster hidden in the brain -- Computing with a relativistic brain -- Back to the stars.Draws on ground-breaking brain research to assess the potential of thought-controlled machines, which may enable significant technological advances in areas ranging from health care and manufacturing to global communication and space exploration.
Subjects: Brain-computer interfaces.; Thought and thinking.; Neurosciences.; Brain.; Machinery.;
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The man with the bionic brain : and other victories over paralysis / by Mukand, Jon,1959-(CARDINAL)764155;
Includes bibliographical references and index."After he was stabbed, Matthew Nagle, a former high school football star, made scientific history when neurosurgeons implanted a microelectrode in his brain. Using BrainGate technology, Matt could merely think about moving a computer cursor--and it moved. He controlled the lights, manipulated his prosthetic hand, turned the TV off and on, and played video games, all just by thinking. In The Man with the Bionic Brain, Dr. Jon Mukand, Matt's research physician and a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, weaves together the stories of Matt and other survivors of stroke, spinal injuries, and brain trauma; his relationship with them; and the technology that is working miracles. Advances in biomedicine are a matter of life and death for the patients, but they are often caught in the crossfire of cultural wars over the limits of science, from animal studies to the FDA, financing, and publication. In an era of wounded veterans and an aging population, The Man with the Bionic Brain provides inspiration and insight into the possibilities of technology and explores cutting-edge human research and the attendant ethical, political, social, and financial controversies. Ultimately, the book is about people with disabilities realizing their dreams of healing their damaged bodies and regaining any measure of control"--
Subjects: Nagle, Matthew, 1979-2007; Quadriplegia; People with paralysis; Brain-computer interfaces.; Implants, Artificial.; Neurosciences.;
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Being you : a new science of consciousness / by Seth, Anil K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.Prologue -- I: Level. The real problem ; Measuring consciousness ; Phi -- II: Content. Perceiving from the inside out ; The wizard of odds ; The beholder's share -- III: Self. Delirium ; Expect yourself ; Being a beast machine ; A fish in water ; Degrees of freedom -- IV: Other. Beyond human -- Machine minds -- Epilogue.A professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience presents a tour of human consciousness using new experimental evidence and details ways to communicate with patients previously deemed unconscious and promising new methods of coping with brain damage and disease.
Subjects: Consciousness.; Consciousness; Neuropsychology.; Perception.; Self-perception.; Cognitive neuroscience.; Brain.;
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What makes us smart : the computational logic of human cognition / by Gershman, Samuel J.,1985-author.aut;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This book is motivated by a fundamental puzzle about human cognition: how can we apparently be so stupid and so smart at the same time? On the one hand, the catalogue of human error is vast: we perceive things that aren't there and fail to perceive things right in front of us, we forget things that happened and remember things that didn't happen, we're inconsistent, biased, myopic, overly optimistic, and-despite this litany of imperfections-overconfident. In short, we appear to be as far as one can imagine from an ideal of rationality. On the other hand, there is an equally vast catalogue of findings in support of human rationality: we come close to optimal performance in domains ranging from motor control and sensory perception to prediction, communication, decision making, and logical reasoning. This puzzle has been around for as long as people have contemplated the nature of human intelligence, though it is now amplified by the modern revolution in AI. In this book, Samuel J. Gershman offers a new explanation, grounded in computational neuroscience, for this puzzle. He argues that the errors that the brain makes-those that make us "stupid"-are not haphazard "hacks" or "kluges" as some have argued. Rather, they are inevitable consequences of a brain optimized to operate under natural information processing constraints. In this book, Gershman develops this argument and shows how it reveals a deeper computational logic underlying a range of errors in human cognition. Importantly, he does not develop a bespoke explanation for each individual error; rather, he develops a uniform computational logic that can be invoked to explain diverse and superficially distinct phenomena. The result is a small set of unifying principles for understanding both the successes and the failures of cognition"--
Subjects: Cognition.; Intellect.; Cognitive psychology.;
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Cognitive psychology : the basics / by Taylor, Sandie,author.(CARDINAL)888299; Workman, Lance,author.(CARDINAL)888135;
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 295-297).What is cognitive psychology? -- Relationship between brain structure, function and cognitive modelling -- Attention and perception -- Memory and learning -- Thinking : decision-making and problem-solving -- Language and communication -- Consciousness and metacognition -- Cognitive neuropsychology -- Future directions of cognitive psychology."Cognitive Psychology: The Basics provides a compact introduction to the core topics in the field, discussing the science behind the everyday cognitive phenomena experienced by us all. The book considers laboratory and applied theory and research alongside technological developments to demonstrate how our understanding of the brain's role in cognition is improving all the time. Alongside coverage of traditional topics in the field, including attention and perception; learning and memory; thinking, problem-solving and decision-making; and language, the book also discusses developments in interrelated areas, such as neuroscience and computational cognitive science. New perspectives, including the contribution of evolutionary psychology to our understandingof cognition are also considered before a thoughtful discussion of future research directions. Using real-world examples throughout, the authors explain in an accessible and student-friendly manner the role our human cognition plays in all aspects of ourlives. It is an essential introductory text suitable for all students of Cognitive Psychology and related disciplines. It will also be an ideal read for any reader interested in the role of the brain in human behavior"--
Subjects: Cognitive psychology.;
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